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Tranexamic acid lifesaving across the board

Tranexamic acid confers survival benefits in trauma patients irrespective of their baseline mortality risk, shows a prespecified analysis of CRASH-2.

18 Sep 2012

Philadelphia Eagles, TJUH partner to educate about prostate health and cancer awareness

September is Prostate Cancer Awareness month, and Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals has again teamed up with the Philadelphia Eagles to educate fans and others about prostate health and to raise cancer awareness.

18 Sep 2012

Novel classification system could improve management of facial trauma

A novel scoring system based on the “best” elements of four existing systems can successfully differentiate injuries of patients with complex facial fractures, improving discrimination between severe injuries, report UK researchers.

17 Sep 2012

Orthopedists should suspect necrotizing fasciitis in patients with out of proportion pain

Dr. Russell Russo, an Orthopedic Surgeon at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, and other researchers stress that orthopedists should have a high index of suspicion for necrotizing fasciitis, or flesh-eating bacterial infection, in every patient with pain or other symptoms that are out of proportion to the initial diagnosis. Their recommendations are published in the September 2012 issue of Orthopedics Today.

17 Sep 2012

NIH awards ASC grant to study ASC-101-treated amniotic fluid-derived stem cells in compartment syndrome

America Stem Cell, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded an Advanced Technology Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) grant from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health.

17 Sep 2012

Fifth Military Vision Research Symposium to take place from Sept. 18-20

Eye injuries in war have changed - and increased in number - as weapons, tactics, technology and strategies have evolved. Today's soldiers face threats from explosive devices that cause extensive damage areas not protected by body armor. Military experts and ophthalmologists from the Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear will convene in Boston, Mass., on Sept. 18 to address these issues at the Fifth Military Vision Research Symposium.

15 Sep 2012

Conference to provide scientific research on shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trauma

On September 29, the Twelfth International Conference on Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS)/Abusive Head Trauma will take place in the city where nearly 15 years earlier Louise Woodward was convicted of second degree murder in the shaking death of infant Matthew Eappen.

15 Sep 2012

UMDNJ, Proteonomix to conduct UMK-121 Phase 1 trial in end-stage liver disease

Proteonomix, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on developing therapeutics based upon the use of human cells and their derivatives, today announced it has entered into an agreement with Piscataway, N.J.-based University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) to conducted a Phase 1 clinical trial with its proprietary, patent-pending mobilization technology UMK-121 in patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD).

15 Sep 2012

Zimmer authorizes cash dividend of $0.18 per share for third quarter 2012

Zimmer Holdings, Inc., a global leader in musculoskeletal care, today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a cash dividend to stockholders for the third quarter of 2012.

15 Sep 2012

Humans could learn from how plants handle stress

Humans could learn from how plants handle stress. Federica Brandizzi, Michigan State University plant biologist, is using a grant from the National Institutes of Health to study how plants overcome stress as they grow. These pathways used to overcome stress are a key to growth. Without them plants, and animals, would die.

14 Sep 2012

Society for Personality and Social Psychology announces winners of 2012 annual awards

Personal myths, aversive racism, heat and retaliation in baseball, and the power of writing about personal trauma - these are just a few of the research areas of the winners of the 2012 annual awards from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP). Each of the recipients has made a unique and significant contribution to understanding the individual and social factors shaping people's personalities, interactions, and behaviors.

14 Sep 2012

Longer looks: The smells to treat PTSD; Nudging healthy choices; When a disabled daughter was shunned

On an Orlando college campus, veterans and active duty soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder inhale the unmistakable smell of burning tires, rotting garbage and Middle Eastern spices as part of a virtual reality treatment for the psychological wounds of war. Participants sit in a chair wearing a head-mounted display and video goggles connected to a computer system and a scent machine that puffs out the odors, recreating their memories of war.

14 Sep 2012

First study to report on vitamin D levels in large groups of critically ill children

Vitamin D is increasingly being recognized as important for good health. Vitamin D is a hormone made in the skin following sun exposure or acquired from diet and supplement intake. Previous medical research has shown that low body levels of vitamin D make people more susceptible to problems such as bone fractures, poor mental health and infections like the common cold.

13 Sep 2012

Children's Hospital Oakland to celebrate 100th birthday

Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland is celebrating its 100th birthday. The free-standing, not-for-profit pediatric medical center was founded in 1912 and opened for business in 1914. Children's Hospital Oakland will celebrate the landmark birthday for two years and kicked off festivities with a birthday party at Children's Fairyland in Oakland on September 8.

12 Sep 2012

Comic created to help busy medical staff on the benefits of tranexamic acid

Researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine have created a comic influenced by the Japanese manga style to help busy medical staff who treat patients suffering from bleeding.

12 Sep 2012

e-Therapeutics initiates second ETS2101 phase I trial in solid tumours

e-Therapeutics plc announces that it has started a second phase I clinical trial of its anti-cancer drug ETS2101. This trial will enrol up to 45 patients with a variety of solid tumours at two UK centres, St James's University Hospital in Leeds and the Northern Centre for Cancer Care at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle.

12 Sep 2012

Study evaluates distribution and severity of pain in sexual assault victims

A majority of sexual assault victims experience severe pain in the early aftermath of the crime but less than a third of these victims receive pain medications, according to research in The Journal of Pain, the peer review publication of the American Pain Society.

12 Sep 2012

Evidence shows endovascular repair may be of more use than operative

Endovascular repair may be more viable for some patients with peripheral arterial trauma than operative repair, experts say.

11 Sep 2012

MicroRNA-145 gene therapy can drastically reduce severity and progression of atherosclerosis

Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital are one step closer to understanding why plaque bursts in coronary arteries and causes heart attacks.

11 Sep 2012

Rhode Island receives NIH grant to study cartilage and joint health

Rhode Island Hospital's Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) in Skeletal Health and Repair has been awarded a $10.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), one of the largest grants in Rhode Island Hospital history. This grant, to be paid over five years, will fund studies of cartilage and joint health.

11 Sep 2012

Trauma News and Research

Tranexamic acid lifesaving across the board

Philadelphia Eagles, TJUH partner to educate about prostate health and cancer awareness

Novel classification system could improve management of facial trauma

Orthopedists should suspect necrotizing fasciitis in patients with out of proportion pain

NIH awards ASC grant to study ASC-101-treated amniotic fluid-derived stem cells in compartment syndrome

Fifth Military Vision Research Symposium to take place from Sept. 18-20

Conference to provide scientific research on shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trauma

UMDNJ, Proteonomix to conduct UMK-121 Phase 1 trial in end-stage liver disease

Zimmer authorizes cash dividend of $0.18 per share for third quarter 2012

Humans could learn from how plants handle stress

Society for Personality and Social Psychology announces winners of 2012 annual awards

Longer looks: The smells to treat PTSD; Nudging healthy choices; When a disabled daughter was shunned

First study to report on vitamin D levels in large groups of critically ill children

Children's Hospital Oakland to celebrate 100th birthday

Comic created to help busy medical staff on the benefits of tranexamic acid

e-Therapeutics initiates second ETS2101 phase I trial in solid tumours

Study evaluates distribution and severity of pain in sexual assault victims

Evidence shows endovascular repair may be of more use than operative

MicroRNA-145 gene therapy can drastically reduce severity and progression of atherosclerosis

Rhode Island receives NIH grant to study cartilage and joint health

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